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The PG *cough* Scene Blogfest

So there's a --- um, blogfest today called the *cough* (PG love scene blogfest), which I, was suckered, was mercilessly peer pressured. decided would be a productive writing challenge. The idea is pretty much what the title says. You write a *cough* (love scene), but you have to do it with PG language.

In addition, not just any warm fuzzy scene will do. The characters have to be having... an intimate moment. Fade to black is cheating, but yet it has to be suitable for a middle grade audience. The idea is to come up with a believable, yet tasteful and subtle scene.

So here's my entry. Don't blink, cuz it's only 32 words long.

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She winced.

“Sorry.”

“It’s okay.”

His hair had fallen into his eyes, and she reached up to brush it out of the way.

“I love you,” she whispered.

“I love you too.”

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Um, okay. A little short, but I'm a YA writer. I don't do *cough* (love scenes). At least, I don't do them without surrounding them with lots of asterisks, small font, and crossed out words. But if you're curious how other writers met the challenge, go check out the other entries.

Of course, I can't end a blogfest entry without a shameless plug for the Alternate Version Blogfest, coming up on April 1st. Ever wonder what your WIP would be like if it were in a different genre, or written by a different person? Here's your chance to find out. Go sign up if you'd like to participate. I promise it will be easier than this challenge :-P

I lean more toward YA, too, but I don't know about my short stories...they go all over the place. I think the more I'm going to be more nervous that mine *isn't* right, the more I read other stories...

Wow, thanks, everyone, for your nice comments. You know, alot of people mentioned that 32 words was impressive, but I think it actually made it easier to focus only on one moment. If I had expanded before or after a few paragraphs, I think I would have been banging my head against the wall too :-) I'm particularly glad to hear some people mention the emotion of the piece, because I wasn't sure it would come through.

And, uh... (just realized that mom reads blog), glad that everyone was able to figure out that the scene was about moving furniture and dropping something on her foot... Um. yeah :-)

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